Phase Ib clinical trial using autologous dendritric cell (DC) vaccine loaded with personalized peptides (PEP) given in combination with low-dose cyclophosphamide, as standard of care (SOC) therapy in patients with advanced or recurrent metastatic NSCLC.
This is a Phase Ib, single center study evaluating safety and feasibility of DC vaccine (autologous monocyte-derived dendritic cells \[moDCs\] pulsed with personalized peptides \[PEP-DC\]) given in combination with low dose cyclophosphamide, as SOC therapy in patients with advanced or recurrent metastatic NSCLC. Patients with advanced or metastatic NSCLC (metastatic, recurrent and/or unresectable) who received standard of care therapy for advanced disease with no signs of progression will be eligible for this protocol. Patients may have received any number of prior treatments without restriction and any prior immunotherapy before enrollment to the study. However, only patients receiving the maintenance/continuation of SOC treatment options mentioned below are permitted to enter the study. Patients will be enrolled in the following two cohorts: * Cohort 1: metastatic non-small cell lung cancer of any histology without any actionable oncogenic driver treated by SOC. Maintenance treatment with pemetrexed and/or maintenance/continuation of pembrolizumab, nivolumab or atezolizumab is allowed. * Cohort 2: metastatic NSCLC with actionable oncogenic driver such as Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors (EGFR) mutation, ROS Proto-Oncogene 1 Receptor Tyrosine Kinase (ROS-1) or anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) rearrangement, currently receiving osimertinib, alectinib, lorlatinib, brigatinib or crizotinib as per SOC in each disease entity. In both cohorts, patients will receive six DC vaccinations Q3W (±3 days) in combination with low dose cyclophosphamide the day before vaccination. Each dose of vaccine (PEP-DC) will be formulated in two syringes of 525 microL each and administered on week 2 day 2 (W2D2) of each cycle, as subcutaneous injections. Patients will be vaccinated until vaccine exhaustion, disease progression, major toxicity or patient withdrawal, whichever is earlier. Additional DC vaccines may be administered Q3W (±3 days) if available until vaccine exhaustion or disease progression, whichever is earlier.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
16
Patients will receive six DC vaccinations Q3W (±3 days) in combination with low dose cyclophosphamide the day before vaccination. Each dose of vaccine (PEP-DC) will be split into two injections, which will be administered on W2D2 of each cycle, subcutaneously. Patients will be vaccinated until vaccine exhaustion, disease progression, major toxicity or patient withdrawal, whichever is earlier. Additional DC vaccines may be administered Q3W (±3 days) if available until vaccine exhaustion or disease progression, whichever is earlier.
Patients will receive six DC vaccinations Q3W (±3 days) in combination with low dose cyclophosphamide the day before vaccination.
CHUV Oncology Department
Lausanne, Canton of Vaud, Switzerland
Number of patients who receive at least one dose of vaccine
Feasibility will be evaluated by the number of patients who receive at least one dose of vaccine, among all enrolled patients.
Time frame: 3.5 years after study activation
Assessment of adverse events
Safety will be assessed by recording all adverse events (AEs) observed from informed consent form (ICF) signature until 30 days after last injection of DC vaccine/cyclophosphamide.
Time frame: from informed consent form (ICF) signature until 30 days after last injection of DC vaccine/cyclophosphamide
Assessment of treatment-limiting toxicities
Collection of events defined as related to vaccine administration. Patients showing any of them will be withdrawn from the study.
Time frame: 21 days (i.e. during the full vaccination period)
Overall response rate 1 (ORR1)
Rate of patients with objective response (complete response or partial response) across all assessment time-points during the period from enrollment until 6 months.
Time frame: From enrollment until 6 months
Overall response rate 2 (ORR2)
Rate of patients with objective response (complete response or partial response) across all assessment time-points during the period from enrollment to progression of the disease (ORR2).
Time frame: From enrollment to progression of the disease (ORR2)
Duration of response (DoR)
Defined as the time from objective response (OR) until documented tumor progression date among responders.
Time frame: up to 2 years from 1st vaccine injection
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Progression-free survival (PFS)
Defined as the time from enrollment until documented tumor progression date (as defined by RECIST v1.1). For patients without progression or death (or patients that withdraw or are lost to follow-up), censoring will occur at the last tumor assessment. PFS rate will be estimated at 6, 12 and 24 months.
Time frame: up to 2 years from 1st vaccine injection
Overall survival (OS)
Defined as the time from enrollment until death from any cause. Patients alive at the end of follow-up period will be censored at the last day the patient was known to be alive. OS survival rate will be estimated at 12 and 24 months after the date from first study treatment.
Time frame: up to 2 years from 1st vaccine injection